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Flashpoints – October 26, 2009

Over 150 people killed in twin suicide car bombings of several government buildings in Central Baghdad; also, Israeli police attack Palestinian protesters at the al-Aqsa Mosque, the site where Ariel Sharon provoked the second intifada; plus, leading Afghan women's activist, Zoya, debunks the myth that entrenching the US occupation of Afghanistan will save women and … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 23, 2009

The Latino-Indigenous community goes green, we'll speak to David Escobar, one of the key organizers of a major conference dealing with this issue in Marin County this weekend; also, we'll get an update from the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras, on stalled negotiations to restore President Zelaya; and militant activists confront and disrupt former Israeli Prime … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 22, 2009

Noam Chomsky takes on Obama's policies in the Middle East, we'll hear from a recent speech he made at the Paramount Theater in Oakland; also, supporting the GI resistance movement through the opening of a cafe and outreach center near Fort Hood, Texas; and JR and the Block Report investigate some of the trumped-up charges … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 21, 2009

Part three of our multi-part series on the Anatomy of a Financial Coup D'Etat with Catherine Austin Fitts, today, we'll look at the role of banks and financial institutions, raiding agencies and various US government bodies; also, we'll take an in-depth look at the logic and apparent racism that surrounded the Judge's decision to change … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 19, 2009

We kick off our multi-part series, The Anatomy of a Financial Coup D'Etat, with Catherine Austin Fitts; also, high-level US Generals contradict General Stanley McChristol's logic in a call for more troops and say the policy will likely strengthen the Afghan insurgency; and JR and the Block Report talk to the father of one of … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 16, 2009

As we go to air, ours sources tell us that a deal may have been struck to  to restore deposed Honduran Presidient  Maunel ZelaIa to power; we'll have a report from inside the besieged Brazilian Embassy, where the president is still surrounded by heavily arm security forces loyalto the coup government: Also will speak two  … Continued